Monument record MDO50633 - Post medieval drainage ditch, Fox Alders Copse, Stoke Wake

A post medieval water channel or drainage ditch to the east of Fox Alder's Copse is visible as a ditched earthwork on 1940s aerial photographs and current Environment Agency lidar imagery. The feature runs northwest to southeast between an issues and a spring shown on the OS Epoch a5 map of c1962 and overlies banks associated with a medieval strip field system (MDO4764). It was digitally recorded during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project.

A post medieval water channel or drainage ditch to the east of Fox Alder's Copse is visible as a ditched earthwork on 1940s aerial photographs and current Environment Agency lidar imagery (RAF 1945; EA 2018). The feature runs northwest to southeast between an issues and a spring shown on the OS Epoch a5 map of 1962 (OS 1962) and overlies banks associated with a medieval strip field system (MDO4764). It was digitally recorded during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project.

Royal Air Force, 27-MAR-1945, RAF/106G/LA200 FP 1084 (Aerial Photograph). SDO21692.

Ordnance Survey, xx-xxx-1962, OS Epoch a5 2500 map (Map). SDO21525.

Environment Agency, xx-xxx-2018, Environment Agency National Lidar Programme DTM 1M (Aerial Photograph). SDO21483.

Record last edited

Feb 20 2026 12:47PM